Fossil fuels supply 85% of
world energy. Their use releases more atmospheric carbon and other
greenhouse gases (GHGs) than natural processes can absorb. This increase
threatens global sustainability.
According to the International
Energy Agency (IEA), biomass provides 11% of the world's primary energy
but has the potential to supply at least 50%. If not recovered, biomass
wastes and bio-solids also pollute the air and water as they decay.
Proper disposal is costly. The kyoto Protocol, Clean Water
Act,
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 503, and related
regulations now control discharges of pollutants into the air, water and
on land. Recovering their energy can slash GHG emissions and reduce fossil
fuel dependency.
Dried bio-solids and biomass have half the energy
of fossil fuels and occur dispersed, so to avoid high transportation
costs, bio-energy systems tend to be small.
Carbon Sequestration
(CSL) is a project developer, using state of the art technology for real
world solutions to the recovery of energy from sludges (bio-solids) and
organic wastes (biomass). |